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Do these look like they are flowering ??


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Badman959

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Well, Im growing my first indoor grow of Auto-Flowering Northern Lights with a 150W CFL Maxi-Bright [blue spectrum] and i have been growing them 5 week,

Im starting to get worried because i cant see any flowering action going on down there, take a look at the pictures below and let me know what you guys think please.....

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SlimJim503

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How many hours do you have your lights on/off whats the K rating on the bulb meaning you said blue so is it 6500K or 5000K. From what i know of autos you want to run them 20/4 and after the 3rd week or so you want to add 2700K Bulbs. So 20 hours of light a day with 6500K blue spectrum then 2 or 3 weeks into the grow start adding 2700K. Also keep your blue light spectrum through out the entire grow just add 2700K. Make sense?

6500K=veg
2700K=bud
 

Badman959

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Can i just use the blue spectrum 6000k to veg and flower because if not there screwed. Also at the minute there on a 18/6 light cycle
 

SlimJim503

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You dont need special CFL bulbs to grow with go to just about any store and they will have 2700K CFL's you could use a power strip/surge protector with outlet to socket adapters or clamp work lights with Y socket adapters theres endless CFL ideas work light $10 2 2700K CFL $10 so like 20 bucks per plant as you will need at least 2 23 watt 2700K CFL but if you go to home depot or lowes you can get 42 watt 2700K CFL run two of those per plant and i think you will be happy with the nuggets. You can grow start to finish with either spectrum but your going to end up with some weak ass smoke withy you dont get the 2700K in there asap Also whats your setup do you have pics etc?
 
100_0953.jpg100_0954.jpgautos are the easiest way to go for a nwbie but blue light only supports veg u need a 2700k red and u should use two reds and two blues 20 on 4 off the whole life theses are pics of a flash speedy im doing right now in a cfl set up i use 2 75w red sand 2 75w blues cles to the plant and maximze lumenins with reflection of white surfaces or metalic some autos arent stable and ive order female seeds for them to have a few males in the batch so try and try again youll get a method down let me knwo if u need help
 

swantip

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Badman search the site for nirvanas NL autoflowers.You are not the only one who has this issue. Many people complain about the NL because it seems that it is not auto-ing and most of the people turning to 12/12 to see buds.
 

Badman959

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Badman search the site for nirvanas NL autoflowers.You are not the only one who has this issue. Many people complain about the NL because it seems that it is not auto-ing and most of the people turning to 12/12 to see buds.
I totally agree there matey, but i DID get auto only 2-3 weeks late, if you dare then just let them go until they do auto, mine are actually pretty huge now and are showing nice amounts of white hairs[i forget the name of them]
 

Badman959

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View attachment 1665711View attachment 1665710autos are the easiest way to go for a nwbie but blue light only supports veg u need a 2700k red and u should use two reds and two blues 20 on 4 off the whole life theses are pics of a flash speedy im doing right now in a cfl set up i use 2 75w red sand 2 75w blues cles to the plant and maximze lumenins with reflection of white surfaces or metalic some autos arent stable and ive order female seeds for them to have a few males in the batch so try and try again youll get a method down let me knwo if u need help
Thanks mate really appreciate it, they are starting to show now. I have 1x 125w Blue right in the middle of the plants and 2x 55Watt Reds , one above the each of the largest plants with the smaller one slap bang in the middle and to be honest the little guy is starting to spread its self out, they are all taking up to much room with their fan leafs what do you think i should do about this problem...

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